Wood r4 cheat wont open!?

I have wood r4 v1.08 and I tried opening my cheat database that works on my wood r4 on the cheat editor for r4 and it just closes and never opens it plz help me do I need a new cheat editor

What cheat code editor are you using? Where did you get it from?
If you aren't already using it, I'd recommend Yasu's R4CCE. http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013928/soft_en.html
If that's what you're using, than I dunno what the problem is.